Head of Department for the social-psychiatric residential facility Stubberupgård located in scenic surroundings near Borup in Central Zealand

Are you educated in health professions?

Do you want to be a department head at a residential facility for citizens with mental health issues of varying complexity and with a high degree of user influence and involvement?

Then take a look here.

Botilbud Stubberupgård is a specialized § 108 residential facility for adults with mental illness. Stubberupgård is housed in a manor house in scenic surroundings. The residential facility contains 44 housing units for citizens aged 28 and up, all in need of long-term support, care and help for personal and social development.

Our residential facility is divided into four living units, and we have a employment department, where we offer citizens workshop, animal care and green care with focus on what the interaction with nature does to us. We have developed a special culture focused on activities, outdoor life and sensory integration and communities. In addition, Stubberupgård has undergone a thorough extension and now appears fully modernized.

The residential facility is located at Borup in Central Zealand, and belongs to the Center for Long-Term Housing in the Social Administration of the City of Copenhagen.

About the position

You will become department head of a multidisciplinary staff group consisting of social educators, occupational therapists, social and health care assistants and nurses. All act as contact persons, and the staff group consists of 34 professionally skilled and dedicated employees as well as substitutes, SOSU students and pedagogical students.

You will be part of a unified leadership team in the Center for Long-Term Housing, where the focus is on leadership development and development of professional initiatives as well as focus on implementing knowledge-based methods, including LA2 as a basic professionalism.

You report, as department head, to the residential facility manager. You share responsibility for complying with the facility's budgets, that the municipality's quality standards are observed, and that the political objectives for the area are translated into practice. You will have broad contact with both internal and external partners.

Professional profile

You have a strong health-professional profile with a view to the pedagogical. Experience with staff management and practical experience within the field. Preferably further education in leadership.

The Leadership Compass in the Social Administration describes the following expectations for a department head: You are responsible for ensuring that employees have the right prerequisites to solve their tasks, so that the right help is provided to the citizens. This means defining clear goals and frameworks for daily tasks. You are good at planning and delegating tasks and always seek the best possible way to solve the task.

You contribute to assembling a team of skilled employees and give clear professional instruction for sparring on task solving. You ensure always to strive for high professionalism and high well-being among employees.

Expected competencies as department head

• have flair for professional systems including documentation and municipal IT systems
• are innovative – proactive regarding new approaches and initiatives
• have experience with development work including implementation and anchoring processes and can follow processes and deadlines to the letter
• have knowledge of safety and the working environment
• can work structured and qualify medication handling, health-professional- and social-professional documentation
• can support the supervisors professionally regarding students and trainees.

We offer

• employment at a very special residential facility in some fantastic surroundings
• an exciting work environment with many professional and managerial tasks
• varied administrative tasks
• opportunity for personal, professional and managerial development
• supervision for leaders.

Salary and terms of employment

The position is 37 hours per week. Working hours are daytime. Salary according to current collective agreement and within the framework of local pay formation. We wish to fill the position by December 1, 2026. Please note that we will obtain an expanded criminal record certificate in connection with employment.

More information

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact the residential facility manager Søs Sabransky at 26 86 10 01. See more here .

Together with your application, please attach documentation of your completed education.

Apply via the link no later than Tuesday October 20, 2026

We will hold 1st interviews Friday October 23 and 2nd interviews Wednesday October 28. There will be a personality test and case if you proceed to the 2nd interview.